UM-Bot Posted August 20, 2021 #1 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Ever wondered if you actually exist entirely within the confines of a realistic computer simulation ? https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/349953/free-guy-are-we-all-characters-in-a-simulation 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep73 Posted August 20, 2021 #2 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Looking forward to that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.A.T.1961 Posted August 20, 2021 #3 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Yes, maybe, no. Please tick one box and move onto the next game level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jethrofloyd Posted August 20, 2021 #4 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Yeah, we are all just a bunch of Super Mario's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteryMike Posted August 20, 2021 #5 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I have days of sudden deja vu that I honestly swear I'm experiencing the same moments granted they're brief... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troublehalf Posted August 21, 2021 #6 Share Posted August 21, 2021 12 hours ago, jethrofloyd said: Yeah, we are all just a bunch of Super Mario's. I see this a lot, do people think Mario Mario is called Super Mario? Anyway back on topic; lots of people hold this view but ultimately where does that go? If we are a simulation in a computer... where is the computer? If the computer is in 'reality' then that doesn't really answer what happens after death in that reality. It also seems weird that programmers would make their program (humans) pretty complicated but also not particularly efficient in all areas (such as eyes). If the programmer just designed the universe and its laws and then let it play out and watch it, that could cover that issue but then what is the goal? Finally, various events in my life have happened that has made me question if we're in a simulation. Various coincidences. Whether I seriously believe we are in a simulation or not is irrelevant, but the events did make me think 'huh, maybe...'. One example is I subscribe to a magazine, stuff happened and I didn't renew in time for one issue, I was going to miss this issue and mess up my collection. I go out shopping to a store I've been going to for 20 years. There in the magazine rack is the magazine I needed. I have never seen it sold in that store for 20 years. I have never seen the magazine for sale since I bought that one. Again, probably a coincidence or they order a small amount that sells quickly and I got lucky with the stocking of these ones. Still, I check every time i'm in there to see if the magazine is for sale, even if I'm getting it via sub. Bit of a tangent there but still. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD455GTO Posted August 21, 2021 #7 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Is this all a "Truman" thing? Great movie but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissJatti Posted August 21, 2021 #8 Share Posted August 21, 2021 If we are the NPC then who are the PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphalesion Posted August 21, 2021 #9 Share Posted August 21, 2021 I always found that particular thought experiment particularly fruitless. Why would we be in a simulation annd who runs it? People in another simulation? Where does it end? It ultimately answers nothing. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Walker Posted August 22, 2021 #10 Share Posted August 22, 2021 "Ready Player One " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ercbreeze Posted August 22, 2021 #11 Share Posted August 22, 2021 I never thought I might be in a simulation . . . Now I am thinking about it . . . What damn purpose would it serve? ;-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horta Posted August 22, 2021 #12 Share Posted August 22, 2021 I don't know, but it might explain a lot lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIVYANSHU Posted August 23, 2021 #13 Share Posted August 23, 2021 We have the concept of "Maya" the illusion of reality in Hinduism... Sort of the same concept. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted August 23, 2021 #14 Share Posted August 23, 2021 <reset> <start> "Bwaaaahhhh!!!" <project female gland> "Mmmmm...mmmmm... mmmm " 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted August 23, 2021 #15 Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 8/21/2021 at 5:21 PM, Orphalesion said: I always found that particular thought experiment particularly fruitless. Why would we be in a simulation annd who runs it? People in another simulation? Where does it end? It ultimately answers nothing. The Programmer's ways are mysterious... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted August 24, 2021 #16 Share Posted August 24, 2021 A "simulation" of what? I've never understood the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Due Posted August 24, 2021 #17 Share Posted August 24, 2021 2 hours ago, lightly said: A "simulation" of what? I've never understood the idea. How about the simulation of doing God's will here on earth, as it will be done there in heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Due Posted August 24, 2021 #18 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Perhaps a life simulator like a flight simulator teaches a person how to fly an airplane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted August 24, 2021 #19 Share Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) basically the word simulation means , Not Real.. a contrived copy. And if I am part of this supposed simulation, Then I'm not real either! As, in, EXISTING as a living ,thinking, emoting, sentient creature. No matter how complex or advanced AI gets, it will never be truely aware of anything, including it's own existence . ? It's still only a machine. ?? Edited August 24, 2021 by lightly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteryMike Posted August 24, 2021 #20 Share Posted August 24, 2021 On 8/21/2021 at 1:52 AM, SD455GTO said: Is this all a "Truman" thing? Great movie but... It's basically what you get when you put The Lego Movie, The Maxtrix, and The Truman Show all into one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmccr8 Posted August 26, 2021 #21 Share Posted August 26, 2021 On 8/24/2021 at 9:13 AM, Will Due said: How about the simulation of doing God's will here on earth, as it will be done there in heaven. Hi Will If we are just programs how could one not do god's will if they have none to start with because there is no reality just programs, like say for instance that my programming is to be a pain in your or someone else's imaginary a@@ how would I not be doing god's will if that is how he wrote the script? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted August 26, 2021 #22 Share Posted August 26, 2021 On 8/21/2021 at 10:21 AM, Orphalesion said: I always found that particular thought experiment particularly fruitless. Why would we be in a simulation annd who runs it? People in another simulation? Where does it end? It ultimately answers nothing. I had another dream last nite that...in the dream...I knew it wasn't a dream but I was wishing it was...but I knew it was actually happening...when I woke up I laughed and thought ...that was only a dream...pffft Some people just don't know what reality is. ...and then again...some of us do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llegendary Posted August 26, 2021 #23 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Yes. We are inside the Matrix....except we are characters that don't get out until after someone extracts our code and puts it into a body. Then we become Battlestar Galatica type cylons that are immortal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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